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the 1021 ority re-►ostpone-26 to 10.ng withliter a. * or the eminded b etlmj-e proba-r. how-use, ad-bill4rds oon-mmitteerana in-ostponed3ft until o'clock, e county Id roads lal order IK at 10?d reporty SenA-i special rtemoon. il estatein mem-nded in-an.tert bill !he com-a maxi-MECCA OF CHICAGO ELOPERS WOULD BAR EUGENICS MEASURE1XOIAXA STATE CAPITOL. Jan, 30.—Vigorous opposition to the eugenicsbill, introduced some time ago in theSenate by Senator Joseph E,^ Henley ofBloomington, Is voiced In A resolution adopted by the Chamber bf Commerce of crown Point, Lake county's gretna green and the goal or Chicago's runaway lovers. The resolution was presented In the Senate this afternoon by Senator C. Oliver Holmes of Gary.The resolution declares the bill was drafted as a result of publicity given the “marriage mill at Crown Point and designed to hurt the business there. It complains that newspapers “maintain a reporter whose duty it Is to secure the names of applicants for marriage licenses with the expectation of being able to secure scandal or news notoriety for their several papers. and declares a Crown Point committee,after Investigation, “reports that In their opinion the publicity given Lake county And its so-called ’marriage mill* Is for commercial purposes only Signed by President.
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Indianapolis Star

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Wed, Jan 31, 1923

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